June 1883
Eliza stepped out of the Stagecoach . She glanced at the wrinkled piece of paper in her shakey hand. She was in the right place . The southern Dekota territory was so different from Omaha. But this is what she wanted. A new Start. And what better to get that new Start than to go to a small town. Some place where no one knew her or what she had done. She was safe here. Safe to be what she could never be in Omaha: a lady.
The two women who had accompanied her on the long journey across the prairie land stood next to her. The dirt road felt wonderfully solid beneath Elizas feet after the endless swaying of the Stagecoach. It especially was welcome after the frequent vomiting of the pretty young blonde who could not tolerate the ride. Eliza was greatfull her stomach maintained it's strength , through she almost lost it twice from the foul odor.
"I have never been so glod to be anywhere in my entire life", the blond exclaimed as she wiped her sweaty forehead with a handkerchief.
Eliza watched charity grooms as her aunt , Bethany Grooms, disposed of the bag of vomit in a trash can by the small general store. Several people launched about along with main street of the dusty town and watched the new arrivals with interest. She wondered if one of them was Mellisa peters. Ignoring them for a moment , Eliza pulled out a mind from her purse and handed in to nineteen years old . This will make your breath fresh., she whispered. Thank you Eliza charity replied taking the mint and plopping in to her mouth Iam sorry I was such a burdensome companion.
John seemed content with that so she figured they wouldn't have any problems. But on the way out of the store , one look at the group of man made her aware that problem were going to be inevitable . The question was just what kind of problem .
Christmas morning came with it the wind howled and snow covered the ground . Eliza found that she loved winters in the southern Dekota territory. There was some time magical about watching snowflakes fall down, when she woke up early that morning, she decided to add more wood to the fireplace in the parlour.
Dawn has passed a good hour ago, she could see the snow whirling in the wind. Wrapping the blanket around her shoulder, she stood infront of windows and smiled. The world contained simple joys that she'd long ago forgotten to savor. Being married to John reminded her that miracle still happened. She heared John came to the room before she saw him. He walked over to her kissed her. Then he pointed to the bedroom.
She laughed "Don't you ever think of anything else?" He crossed his arms and pretended he was shivering. Oh. You got cold without me next to you. We should get up any way. It's almost mid-morning. Farmers have been up four hours by now. Gremacing he shook his head and motioned to the bedroom . Then before she could say anything else,he picked her up and carried her back to bed. Excited , she couldn't doze off even if she woke up earlier than usually did. It was Christmas . That afternoon they had plans to go to Christmas party. As she imagined how nice it world be spent with her friends. An hour passed by and she decided couldn't lay still anymore. She quickly got up and put on her warmest dress and made a quickly snacks. She knew Charity would have enough food prepared to feed an army of hungry men, so she didn't have to make a large breakfast.
Eliza smiled to her self before turning her attention back to Addy and Daphne. This she thought , was going to be the first of many wonderful Christmases to come.